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Launch
In December, 2009, Paul Scierra and Ben Silbermann launched Pinterest. -
10,000 followers
By December 2010, pinterest had 10,000 users. -
iPhone App
March 2011 had the launch of the Pinterest app on iPhone -
50 best Websites of 2011
In August 2011, Pinterest was listed in the top 50. -
11.7 million US users
Pinterest had about 11.7 million US users in January 2012 -
48.7 million users
In February 2013, Reuters and Comscore stated that Pinterest had 48.7 million users worldwide. -
Best Social Media App Award
Pinterest won the Best Social Media App and People's Voice Award at the 2012 Webby Awards. -
First Revenue
In 2014, Pinterest generated its first revenue. -
Second Only to Facebook
Pinterest had almost 100 million users and was the second largest source of referral traffic. -
150 million users
Pinterest was said to have 70 million users in the US and 80 million outside of the US. -
Google copied
Google almost copied the Guided Search, Pinterest had come up with in 2014. -
Today
Pinterest is still one of the most revered social platforms and has millions of users.